# # Overview of IBM Corporate Private Use Area (PUA) assignments for Arabic # # Terminal forms of wide letters with descenders, but with only the descending half of the descender # e.g. AS010000 + SM870000 (U+FE73) = AS010006 (U+FEB1) U+F8F4 AS450000 Sad (1st part) (A) - Isolated-Final U+F8F5 AS230000 Sheen (1st part) (A) - Isolated-Final U+F8F6 AS010000 Seen (1st part) (A) - Isolated-Final U+F8F7 AD450000 Dud (1st part) (A) - Isolated-Final # Second half of a lam+alef mandatory ligature # e.g. AL010003 (U+FEDF) + AA010006 = AL020001 (U+FEFB) U+F8F8 AA310406 Hamza Under Aleph (after Lam) (A) - Final U+F8F9 AA310006 Aleph Hamza (after Lam) (A) - Final U+F8FA AA210006 Aleph Madda (after Lam) (A) - Final U+F8FB AA010006 Aleph (after Lam) (A/F/U) - Final # Ascending half of a descender (see above), later gained a standard codepoint as U+FE73 # e.g. AS010000 + SM870000 (U+FE73) = AS010006 (U+FEB1) U+F8FC SM870000 Kasseh (Tail) # An entire descender, for applying to an applicable non-terminal form to obtain a terminal form # e.g. AS010003 (U+FEB3) + SM870001 = AS010006 (U+FEB1) (N/A) SM870001 Old Kasseh (Tail) # No IBM PUA assignment, though U+F8FD is vacant # Compromise forms of alef which can optionally (no hook) connect at bottom-right (due to slant) U+FFF22 AA210001 Aleph Madda (A) - Isolated-Final U+FFF23 AA310001 Aleph Hamza (A) - Isolated-Final U+FFF25 AA310401 Hamza under Aleph (A) - Isolated-Final U+FFF27 AA010001 Aleph (A) - Isolated-Final # Other compromise forms suitable for multiple cursive positions U+FFF26 AY310001 Yeh Hamza (A) - Isolated-Final U+FFF47 AH010007 Heh (A) - Initial-Middle U+FFF49 AA020001 Aleph Maksura (A) - Isolated-Final U+FFF4A AY010001 Yeh (A) - Isolated-Final